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Santa Claus Was My Father
From: Margaret Agard
Series: Christmas
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A fire truck in the driveway, 20 at the table for meals and buying by the dozens (the better for sharing) my father believed in being Santa Claus y...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 06:12
  • Purchases: 1
A Citizen's Guide: How To Gut A Fish
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: What happens after a fish is caught teaches that fish are not so stalwart after all., Credit: Susan Cook
When people say things like the quote published in the newspaper the other day, they don't seem to realize what's at stake. So, this Citizen's Guid...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 03:12
Culturology: "All My Elders Are Gone: Fabulous Crone" an essay by Anne Dunn
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Anne Dunn
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller and crone, which she describes as an elder wisdom keeper, holy hag, earth mother, and sky woman.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
Saving the Frogs
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron Brown on rescue.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 03:37
Back To School
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Michael Goldberg on going back to school.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 03:02
Edible Vegetaion & Expectations
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Mary Finch on Expectations

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:50
Special: The Monti American Graduate
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
Caption: The Monti American Graduate
The Monti - American Graduate Special is an hour of true stories from the front lines of North Carolina’s high school drop out crisis.

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Who Do My Parents Really Think I Am?
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo of Ryan Lawless, Facebook
“Kids are worried about what they’ll be and parents worry about their children not doing anything (or enough) with their life. This piece should gi...

Bought by Vocalo.org


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 1
Little Lost Fish
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by Wonderlane, Flickr
“Little Lost Fish” was created by Marga Blanco. Having just moved to the USA two months prior to joining YMP’s and SFAI’s Summer Intensive, she mad...

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1
We, Youth
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by Marius Dollinger, Flicker
“Three pages about life in the shelter and overcoming problems” - Mercedes Downing

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 1
My Life Story
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by baaker2009, Flickr
“This is about my story, like a river, and how I got adopted.” - Teddy Garcia

  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 04:03
A Citizen's Guide To The Truly Presidential: Candidates Caught Without Their Meetings
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: We listen to the billow of candidate debates but a better format for finding The truly Presidential might be The Meeting., Credit: Susan Cook
We listen to the billow of candidate debates to answer bigger questions: who among them truly has the character and qualities to be President of t...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 02:33
Studs Terkel: A Heart as Big as the World
From: A World of Possibilities
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Despite his best efforts, like the very establishments he excoriated, Studs Terkel became an American institution. A man of the people, he was also...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, XRAY.fm, WZEN.org, KBGA 89.9 FM, WDSE and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2011
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 11
Stories from a Christmas Stocking
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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This holiday stocking is overflowing with a bounty of winter sounds and seasonal stories.

Bought by KREV-LP and KHNS


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 49:20
  • Purchases: 2
The Meat We Eat: Food Safety and the Industrial Animal
From: A World of Possibilities
Series: Food Safety
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Hold that fork! Block that barbeque! Do you know the source of the meat that's sizzling on the grill? Can we trust meat inspectors to catch pathoge...

Bought by WCNY, WZEN.org, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 7
Women Who Wouldn't Listen: Wangari Maathai and Frances Moore Lappe
From: A World of Possibilities
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Two lives spent breaking the mold of both traditional and feminist perspectives are recounted in candid conversation, each with a focused sense of ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WZEN.org, KREV-LP, KUOW, WHRV and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 7
Halloween Seeds of Sound
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by, Matt Callow, Flickr
Do you know why you celebrate Halloween? In this special Halloween Seeds of Sound, Gabriel Rima asks listeners to question this tradition and celeb...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KRZA, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 4
The Breathe Out
From: Nathan Callahan
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Zen Neurotic Exercise Number One

  • Added: Oct 07, 2011
  • Length: 05:42
The Poetry of Robinson Jeffers: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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A great poet of the Western landscape, Jeffers celebrated the heartbreaking beauty of existence and reminded humanity of its responsibility to the ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KQED, KRZA, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KRZA


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 26:54
  • Purchases: 5
Between You and Me: The Shutdown
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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The State of Minnesota is supposedly shutting down at least partially by July 1st. Does that affect you in any way? Do you work for the state? Ar...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:49:12
Aaron Brown on The Shutdown
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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The State of Minnesota is supposedly shutting down at least partially by July 1st. Does that affect you in any way? Do you work for the state? Ar...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 1
Peonies
From: Vermont Public
Series: Charlie's Garden Journal
Caption: VPR President's Peonies, Credit: Robin Turnau
Charlie Nardozzi offers tips on enjoying and growing peonies; including successful transplanting and disease control.

Bought by WMNR and WMNR


  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Saint Ignatius: Knight of the New Crusade
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
Caption: Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Credit: Randy OHC
Nobleman, soldier, gambler, womanizer, priest, theologian, and founder of the Society of Jesus—and all this of just one man!

  • Added: Mar 11, 2011
  • Length: 46:50
Waddie Welcome and the Beloved Community
From: lorenzo raffa
Caption: Buy book at waddiewelcome.com, Credit: Inclusion Press
WADDIE WELCOME & THE BELOVED COMMUNITY tells the story of friendships that transcended divisions of disability, race, and income. Broadcast on WMPG...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 56:48
The Yodeler
From: clay scott
Series: Mountain West Voices
Caption: brigid reedy plays her fiddle, Credit: clay scott
The traditional art of Western-style yodeling is extremely difficult to master. That's why it's surprising that one of the most gifted yodelers ar...

Bought by KGLT, Yellowstone Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3

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